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Kids are guising with a difference in Speyside’s remote glens

Gamekeeping families scattered across remote Speyside glens have created a novel plan so their kids can go ‘guising’ together for the first time. Whilst kids...

Chart toppers past and present will bring in the New Year in Edinburgh

Edinburgh's Hogmanay line-up has been revealed with chart-topping Rag'n'Bone Man leading the celebrations. Rag’n’Bone Man, AKA Rory Graham, admitted he's looking forward to bringing in...

The Scottish demon drinks all set for some Halloween scares

Scottish bars are offering some demon drink this Halloween weekend. Five bars are offering some creepy cocktails as Revolution and Revolución de Cuba will be...
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Bonnie Prince Charlie exhibition is a star attraction

Bonnie Prince Charlie and the Jacobites is a new exhibition at Edinburgh’s National Museum of Scotland. It shows how he attempted to achieve his dream...

Dundee is named as one of the hottest places in the world to visit for 2018

The Wall Street Journal has named Dundee as one of 10 'hot destinations' in 2018 for 'adventurous sophisticates, curious foodies and deep-pocketed beach bums.' Referred...

Scotland at night offers plenty of stunning new sights

The clocks change this weekend - but that's no excuse to stay indoors, as there's lots to see all over Scotland after dark. With the...

WHISKY

ALL YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT
SCOTLAND'S NATIONAL DRINK

Since its humble beginnings nearly ten years ago, the distillery has generated £50,000 for the local community.

GlenWyvis: World’s first fully community owned distillery offers whisky lovers chance to buy shares

In 2015, former Army Air Corps helicopter pilot John McKenzie decided to bring whisky back to Dingwall after a 90 year absence. His idea was...
HRH Prince Charles with Ian Urquhart Signing First Cask at Benromach.

Former Gordon & MacPhail chief Ian Urquhart dies following an illness

Scotch whisky legend Ian Urquhart has died aged 76. The Moray based businessman died peacefully on 15 March after an illness, with his family by...
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Charles Maclean: Whisky writer launches new charity dram with his sons

Scotland's leading whisky writer Charles Maclean has launched a new dram - and every bottle sold will give at least one person clean water for...
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Me and My Dram, Tom Kitchin: ‘You have to be in the right moment to enjoy whisky, that’s the magic of it’

Following a rocky start, celebrity chef Tom Kitchin has fostered an enduring love for whisky, finds Morag Bootland. He sits down with us for the latest...
The first legal dram from the Outer Hebridean Isle of Harris, The Hearach offers an elegant single malt, with fruit and floral notes and a long, slightly smoky, finish.

Isle of Harris: Distillery releases four new batches of the long awaited Hearach whisky

Last year the first batches of the long awaited Isle of Harris whisky sold out in less than five hours – after more than 25,000...
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Rosebank Distillery: ‘King of the Lowlands’ ready to re-open with 100-year-old mill still used in whisky production

It was closed three decades ago in 1993, but now the ‘King of the Lowlands’, Rosebank Distillery is to reopen.  The historic distillery has been...